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Whenוְ כִּיa personנֶפֶשׁpresentsתַקְרִיבa grain offeringקָרְבַּן מִנְחָהto YHWH,לַיהוָהhis offeringקָרְבָּנוֹshall beיִהְיֶהof fine flour;סֹלֶתhe shall pourוְיָצַקoilשֶׁמֶןon itעָלֶיהָand putוְנָתַןfrankincenseלְבֹנָהon it.עָלֶיהָ
Leviticus 2:1
Study it in the app“When a person presents a grain offering to YHWH, his offering shall be of fine flour; he shall pour oil on it and put frankincense on it.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Leviticus 2:1, word by word
- a personנֶפֶשׁnefesh
person
Someone as a whole; "my soul" can simply mean me.
Where else “nefesh” appears- presentsתַקְרִיבtakriv
bring near
To bring something, or offer a gift to YHWH.
Where else “takriv” appears- a grain offeringקָרְבַּןkarban
offering
Offering (qorban): what is "brought near" to God. It comes from the verb "bring near" and is the general word for any offering; Jesus mentions it in Mark 7:11.
Where else “karban” appears- a grain offeringמִנְחָהmincha
grain offering
The grain offering.
Where else “mincha” appears- to YHWHיהוָהyhva
YHWH
The personal name of the God of Israel, written in Hebrew with four letters, Y-H-W-H, without vowels. Out of reverence Jews stopped pronouncing it and read "Adonai" (Lord), so many Bibles put "the LORD" or "Jehovah". This translation keeps the four letters. The name is related to the verb "to be" (Exodus 3:14-15). He is not a god other than Elohim: "YHWH Elohim" is the same Creator God, called by his name.
Where else “yhva” appears- shall beיִהְיֶהyihye
be
To be: "I will be their Elohim".
Where else “yihye” appears- of fine flourסֹלֶתsolet
fine flour
Fine flour, the best kind.
Where else “solet” appears- he shall pourיָצַקyatsak
pour
To pour a liquid over something or into something.
Where else “yatsak” appears- oilשֶׁמֶןshemen
oil
The fat pressed from olives, for eating, lighting or anointing.
Where else “shemen” appears- and putנָתַןnatan
put
To place something somewhere.
Where else “natan” appears- frankincenseלְבֹנָהlevona
frankincense
Frankincense: a white resin that gives off sweet-smelling smoke when burned.
Where else “levona” appears
Translation note
The grain offering (minchah) was the offering that included no animal: fine flour, oil and frankincense. “Frankincense” here is the white resin called olibanum.
The context
1 · This verse (above)
2He shall bring it to the sons of Aaron, the priests, and he shall take from there his full handful of its fine flour and of its oil, with all its frankincense, and the priest shall offer up in smoke its memorial portion on the altar, a fire offering, a pleasing aroma to YHWH.